Cricket players ready for written apology to end ‘revolt’

Cricket players ready for written apology to end ‘Revolt’

Yash Khajuria

JAMMU, Nov 27: A written apology by the players who revolved against the J&K Cricket Association (JKCA) ended the stalemate between the management and players after five days.

Though the cricket team was defeated by the Andra Pradesh in a one sided match but the back channel diplomacy by the senior members of association ensured that the mess in the cricket association is cleared at the earliest.

“We have brought our demands ahead of the JKCA officials included Incharge Manzoor Ahmed Wazir and Nayeem Ahmed Bakshi – member Provincial Committee in the meeting held in Kashmir today and received positive nod”, said Majid Dar - Player JK Cricket team.

There were rapid flow of reports aired on web spectrum after the meeting of players and JKCA officials concluded that the dispute seems to have been resolved. The players and the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) are reportedly working out a compromise which might involve an apology by the players.

In this context Majid Dar said that their basic demand was to select a uniform team for the rest of the matches by including the players from Kashmir region who were left out of the last match.

“As far as the apology is concerned meeting was attended by few players and not by the all boycotted players and we could not present an apology on the behalf of the absent players, but we will decide collectively that what to do however lets first see what the JKCA decides.

Interestingly, when contacted to the senior member of the regional committee of JKCA, Mehboob Iqbal notwithstanding to the aforesaid he stated that being an official of JKCA he has no information regarding this meeting and if any meeting was held. Though the team will be selected on the merit of talent and requirements, nobody will be selected pre-conditionally.

“It is a matter for the selection of a state team not the provincial team hence the team will be selected with the reverence of the Chief Coach and the selection panel not by member of a provincial committee”, he quipped.

Pertinent to mention here that, the boycott was led by state team captain Samiullah Beigh leveled by the allegations of regional bias by selectors and Coach Bishan Singh Bedi that Bedi was giving preference to players from Jammu over them.

For the official version when contacted to the Legendry Cricketer and JK Cricket Team’s Chief-Coach Bishan Singh Bedi has so far refused to comment over this in fact he expresses “I have nothing to say officially or unofficially as I am as aware as anybody else”.

Regarding the meeting held in Kashmir when questioned that did JKCA have kept his self involved in the meeting he said that he has no info whatsoever is happening out there in Kashmir.